ideas for cheap visual enhancements under hood...

I was looking at some of rick's and muz's billet pieces....damn they are expensive! I guess I will have to buy them one by one but for now does anyone have any ideas of inexpensive ways to make "under the hood" more attractive?
thanks,
JON

 

I judged an auto show in New Bern a week ago loaded with imports that had cheap decorative mods. For example, many of the cars had the hoses covered with the kind of corrugated colored plastic tubing used to cable wire. It looked pretty bad, and as I was looking over the cars with this mod I thought the engine bays would have look better without it. I would advise that you do it right and wait, or do a little bit at a time. Otherwise, you'll end up doing much of it over and spend more money in the long run.

 

yea... I guess

 

What is wrong with how it already looks? I think it looks great just as it is. Why cheapen it?

 

RICK I see you have done some extra stuff under the hood other then the billet stuff you offer... what did you do and how?

 

you could spend $5000 on a Vortech supercharger kit. it wont really much other then look pretty under the hood.

 

or you can put green neon lights all over the engine bay and tell everyone it adds a extra 50 hp hahaha jp. i wouldnt do anything to it, it looks great as it is, i wouldnt even change the wire cover to carbon fiber or chrome. looks wierd. . . a carbon fiber CAI looks dope. . .

 

but honestly, i think a great under-hood enhancement is a Spoon carbon fiber spark plug cover:

 

Aside from the RM pieces, I've powdercoated the valve cover, battery heat shield, and exhaust manifold cover; added a braided SS upper hose; and added silver hose, all of which is soon to be replaced with braided.

Here's a photo.



It is a great looking engine bay to begin with, but there is always room for improvement.

 

" It is a great looking engine bay to begin with, but there is always room for improvement."
Yep where did you get the silver hose? Theres was an ugly black one there before...
btw i got my siver on black S badges they look great the only thing is that the silver S doesnt match with the sebring paint.
BUT IT STILL LOOKS WONDERFUL!
thanks RICK